Mrs. Ruschel

Find your seat quietly, take out a pencil and fill out the paper on your desk, silently. When you are finished please sit quietly and wait for the rest of the class to finish. Have your schedule out on your desk. There will be a quiz on the syllabus and the rules/procedures on Friday!

I expect you to: Follow all the school rules Work hard Always do your best Treat others the way you want them to treat you Respect yourself, others, and property

Class Materials: 1½” three-ring binder Package of 8 – tab dividers Notebook paper Pens (blue or black ink) and pencils Colored Pencils Personal Pencil Sharpener

Daily activities will include A bell ringer EVERY DAY, usually in Echo Presentation of information Class activities Working on Projects Student Assignments Quizzes Exit Ticket Homework will be given a few times a week

To be prepared in my class you must bring to class every day: Your History Book Chromebook Pencil or Pen Social Studies Binder w/paper A Silent Reading Book Pencils should be sharpened before coming into the classroom. You should have a minimum of 2 pencils ready for use each day. Disrupting class to search for a pencil or ask classmates will result in silent lunch.

Students will be responsible for doing all assignments The daily agenda will be located in Echo for students to see Write assignments in your agenda Keep my room clean, You are responsible for cleaning up after yourselves

Respect the teacher and all adults that may be in the room. Respect each other; no name calling, no teasing DO NOT use profanity

Be honest with the teacher, do not make excuses. Do your own work, cheating will not be tolerated and will result in a 0 for the assignment, a call home, and a written citation

We are a team in this classroom! If you see another student off task, ask them to join in with the rest of the class. If you are working in groups, all members need to be working Volunteer to answer questions

Verbal Warning 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd Offense= Citation with parent contact 4 th offense and beyond= Administration referral If the rule broken is severe, there will be an automatic administrative referral

Positive praise Great participation ticket Late homework pass Character card

Students will enter the classroom quickly and quietly with proper materials Immediately get your materials out, sit in your seat and begin the bell ringer. This will be done without being told and silently If you finish the bell ringer before time is up, silently read Do not stop in the hallway and ask to go anywhere when entering the room.

If you are late, enter the classroom and put the tardy slip in the green basket on Mrs. Ruschel’s desk. Quietly have a seat and begin working on whatever the rest of the class is working on. Do not come in loudly and announce where you were or why you were late. Do not come in and talk to your classmates, the agenda will be posted so just pick up with what we are doing

If you need to sharpen your pencil and your personal sharpener isn’t working raise your pencil in the air. If you need to use the restroom, raise your hand with your fingers crossed If you have a question or want to speak (and it is relevant) you must raise your hand. There will be NO speaking out in the classroom unless we are doing an activity that requires talking. I will either nod yes if you are permitted to sharpen pencil or use restroom or I will shake my head no if it is not the appropriate time. If you are going to be sick, rush to the trash can!!!

Handing in Papers If we have papers to turn in during class you will pass them to the left. The person next to you will then pass to the left and so on until it gets to the last person in that row. They will then pass the stack of papers forward and the person in the front left corner will place them in the correct box. If we are taking a test, you will bring the paper to the basket in the front of the room quietly. Correct Heading for Papers This should be located in the top right hand corner of EVERY paper First and Last Name Date Number (will be assigned) Assignment Name

 Agendas should be brought to school each day  NO sharing of agendas allowed  Replacement Agenda is $8

 IDs are worn outside the shirt or jacket at all times  If you are wearing a temporary ID, it must be worn on outer clothing and must be visible  Do not deface ID. Do not draw, write, mark, or place stickers on ID.

 Exit classroom to the right  Walk on the right side of the hallway  Loop at the appropriate place in the hall  Do not stop looping to wait outside a teacher’s door. If the teacher’s door is closed or students are coming out continue to loop one more time and by that time the room should be empty and you may enter that teacher’s room

 You will only be allowed to leave during class for an EMERGENCY  Unexcused non-emergencies will result in 1 day silent lunch  Designated time to use restroom  In the morning before entering the gym  At lunch

If there was homework it should be placed in the correct basket before being seated and doing bell work. If homework was not completed the student must fill out the late assignment sheet and place it in the basket. The student MUST still complete the assignment and turn it in the next day. Parents contacted on major assignments OR when missing work exceeds three assignments. Homework papers will also include the full heading

If you were absent you must check the bin for the correct date to get your assignments, these will be listed on Echo as well. If you missed notes please see another student for the information You will have two days to make up assignments. If you missed a quiz or test you must make arrangements to make up the assessment I will not search for you to make up work, it is your responsibility.

If I need to get your attention I will raise my hand with my thumb up. You will then be silent and also raise your hand with your thumb up until everyone is silent and I put my hand down. You will be expected to remain silent until I tell you it is ok to talk.

I will give you time to put away your belongings. You will not put things away while I am still talking. If your next teacher requires you to walk into class with materials out then you will get those materials out and set them on your desk. You may NOT walk with your Chromebooks out. When it is time to leave the class I will dismiss you by rows. This will be a silent procedure. You will leave the class and go to the right and loop.